They come from the most underdeveloped province of Pakistan, with the highest female mortality rate - not just in the country, but in the whole world. Yet they have emerged as epitomes of resilience, perseverance...
#AuratMarch2021 #AtoZofPatriarchalViolence #SaluteBalochWomen
#AuratMarch2021 #AtoZofPatriarchalViolence #SaluteBalochWomen
& strength, that no one would've imagined a few decades ago.
Baloch women, the victims & survivors of a long conflict that has resulted in all kinds of human rights violations, have through their activism become the face of a longstanding human rights struggle in Balochistan.
Baloch women, the victims & survivors of a long conflict that has resulted in all kinds of human rights violations, have through their activism become the face of a longstanding human rights struggle in Balochistan.
Be it the struggle for release of missing persons or an end to sexual harassment at university campuses, Baloch women have faced all hardships to bring global attention to the injustices that prevail in their homeland.
Despite the authorities turning a deaf ear, they have not stopped from Quetta to Karachi and from Islamabad to Turban from invoking their constitutional rights & legal procedures to be followed in missing persons' cases.
As mothers, sisters, daughters & wives, and as activists or human beings outside of their association to men, we have seen them even shoulder the burden of their loved ones' coffins: the burden of untimely state-sponsored deaths that no one should have to bear.
From the mysterious death of Karima, and Shaheeena’s murder by her husband, to little Bramsh losing her mother to criminals, the past year has only shown how patriarchal violence on Baloch women only continues to rise.
As the Aurat March approaches, we extend them our ❤️ love and express 🙏 solidarity for their peaceful struggle for justice and equality!
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